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Manuwai (YFB-16)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

Manuwai Class Yard Ferryboat:

Built by Supple & Martin, Portland, OR

Launched, 07 November 1927

Placed in service as Multnomah (ON 227124) on Willamette River at St. Johns Ferry, OR, 26 December 1927

Rendered redundant by opening of St. Johns Bridge, 1931

Sold to Young Brothers, Ltd., Honolulu, HI, renamed Manuwai

Towed to Hawaii by tug Mamo, April 1933

Went into service between Pearl Harbor Navy Yard and Ford Island, 10 July 1933

Purchased by the Navy from Young Bros., July 1940

Allocated to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor

Placed in service as Manuwai (YFB-16) providing ferry service between NAS Ford Island and Naval Base Pearl Harbor

Manuwai was present at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

Placed out of service in reserve, 28 February 1949

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Pearl Harbor Group in dry storage on the deck of the Aircraft Transport Lighter YCV-12

Struck from the Naval Register, 17 September 1954

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Manuwai earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 314 gross tons
Length 146.1'
Beam 40.5'
Draft 10.1'
Speed 8 knots
Complement 5
Armament none
Propulsion single Atlas Imperial diesel engine, 250bhp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1435001602	45k	*Manuwai* passing the radio antennas at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, during the 1930s.	Dave Wright
1435001604	704k	Manuwai (YFB-16) underway at Pearl Harbor, 24 September 1941, as seen through periscope of Cuttlefish (SS-171). Note her high-visibility checkerboard paint scheme. Photo from National Archives RG 313, Photographs Taken by Submarine Periscopes, 1941, NA identifier 363418563	David Upton
1435001605	862k	Manuwai (YFB-16) underway at Pearl Harbor, 24 September 1941, as seen through periscope of Cuttlefish (SS-171). Floating crane YD-25 is visible in background behind the 1010 dock hammerhead crane. Photo from National Archives RG 313, Photographs Taken by Submarine Periscopes, 1941, NA identifier 363418563	David Upton
1435001603	54k	Manuwai (YFB-16) at Pearl Harbor, 14 June 1942. The NHHC caption misidentifies her as Nihoa (YFB-17). The checkerboard paint has given way to Navy gray. National Archives photo 80-G-32217 (cropped)	Dave Wright
1435001601	81k	Manuwai (YFB-16) at Pearl Harbor, 15 September 1945. US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jon Burdett

Manuwai (YFB-16)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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